Events
This Month plus 
Last-minute
updates
Events
This Month plus Last-minute
updates
Chandler
Hall Worship Services
Details
about Past and Coming Events
Employment
Opportunities| December 1997 | |||
| 1 | Mon | 7:30 | BQM Peace and Service Committee meets at Pennswood. |
| 2 | Tues | 7:30 | BQM Singing Group meets at Makefield. |
| 5-7 | Fri-Sun | . | PYM Middle School Christmas Gathering; information 241-7171 |
| 8 | Mon | 7:30 | BQM Quaker Heritage Celebration committee meets at Pennswood. |
| 9 | Tues | 9-11 | The Quaker School at Horsham Open House; information 674-2975. |
| 12 | Fri | 7:00 | Buckingham Christmas candlelight service. |
| 12-13 | Fri-Sat | The play, Under Milkwood, at George School (see article for times). | |
| 13 | Sat | 11-7 | 38th Annual Peace Pilgrimage from Nazareth to Bethlehem (Pennsylvania). |
| 14 | Sun | 9:45 | Mary Arnett and Dorothy Carroll will speak at Falls Meeting. |
| 14 | Sun | 6:00 | Falls joins the Tree Lighting in Fallsington Square, followed by refreshments. |
| 18 | Thurs | 7:30 | BQM Oversight Committee meets at Doylestown Meeting. |
| 20 | Sat | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown for Middle School and Young Friends. |
| 21 | Sun | 8:00 | Buckingham’s pancake breakfast, followed by caroling and worship. |
| 21 | Sun | 8:30 | Doylestown’s potluck breakfast followed by music and Meeting for Worship. |
| 21 | Sun | 9:30 | Quakertown’s First Day School program before Worship, snacks after worship. |
| 21 | Sun | 10:00 | Middletown Children’s Christmas, followed by harpist Joanna Mell at 11 AM. |
| 21 | Sun | 10:00 | Falls’ Religious Ed /children’s program, Why the Chimes Rang, & worship. |
| 21 | Sun | 10:00 | Children’s Pageant and Mitten Tree Program at Solebury. |
| 21 | Sun | 11:00 | Makefield children’s program, "Shine Like Stars" after Meeting for Worship. |
| 21 | Sun | 7:30 | Candlelight Service at Southampton Meeting. |
| 21 | Sun | 7:30 | Annual Candlelight Carol Sing at Wrightstown Meeting. |
| 24 | Wed | 4:30 | Lehigh Valley’s Candlelight Service followed by a potluck dinner. |
| 24 | Wed | 5:00 | Doylestown’s Christmas Eve Meeting for Worship. |
| 24 | Wed | 7:00 | Newtown’s candlelight meeting for worship. |
| 24 | Wed | 7:30 | Christmas Eve worship and carol sing at Plumstead. |
| 24 | Wed | 7:30 | Yardley’s Meeting for Worship, carol singing, and refreshments. |
| 28 | Sun | 11:00 | Makefield’s Christmas/New Year potluck dinner after Meeting for Worship. |
| Looking Ahead | |||
| Jan 1 | New Year’s Day Family Ice Skating Party. | ||
| Jan 13 | Admissions Open House at The Quaker School at Horsham. | ||
| Jan 15 | AFSC’s Mittens and Milk Project deadline. (See article.) | ||
| Jan 21-23 | Friends Conflict Resolution Programs’ Mediation Training at Friends Center. | ||
Chandler Hall Worship Services will be organized by:
December - Wrightstown
January - Yardley
February - Buckingham
Details About Past and Coming Events
Make Teen Night at Wrightstown part of your Christmas celebrations! Help make (and eat) Christmas cookies, enjoy ping pong, play games, listen to music. The fun begins at 7:30 PM. Bring some snacks or soda or $2.
Pendle Hill’s New Year’s Celebration will offer three workshops: New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Enjoy Keeping with Donna Schaper, Creations in Paper and Clay with Joyce Nagata, and Watching Through the Night: A Silent Retreat with Meg Boyd Meyer. In addition, Friends will meet together for meals, shared kitchen chores, and fun at evening celebrations. The New Year will be welcomed with a candlelight meeting for worship after an evening of hilarity and good fellowship. The cost is $250 for a double room and $280 for a single. For more information call 800-742-3150.
"Bodyworks" is the theme of the PYM Middle School Christmas Gathering on December 5-7 at Burlington Meetinghouse. The gathering will be led by people knowledgeable in physical therapy, martial arts, self-defense and massage therapy. Enjoy learning how our miraculous bodies work and how to keep them tuned up. Register by November 28th. Limited to 50. Call Melanie Douty at 241-7171 for more information.
Mary Arnett and Dorothy Carroll will lead the Adult First Day Class at Falls Meeting on Sunday, December 14th, at 9:45 AM. They will talk about their work in the former Yugoslavia. Their mission is designed to help the various ethnic groups engage in dialogue and conflict resolution. Friends from throughout the Quarter are invited to hear Mary and Dorothy, who can help Friends understand the situation in the former Yugoslavia.
Join Friends from Lehigh Valley Meeting and other faith denominations for the 10-mile walk from Nazareth to Bethlehem on Saturday, December 13th, beginning promptly at 11:30 AM. There are rest stops along the way, ending with supper at Christ United Church of Christ. For more information, call Fran Dreisbach at 610-258-7313.
In addition, there will be a Young Friends Gathering at Lehigh Valley meeting starting at 7 PM on Friday night (eat dinner before you come). Activities include worship sharing and games. Breakfast will be served in the morning before making bag lunches and loading into cars to take part in the Peace Pilgrimage. The cost is $15. For information, call Burleigh Sunflower at 610-759-8125.
All Friends age 18-40 are invited to the Friends Institute/Young Adult Friends gathering on January 9-11 at Lancaster Meeting. Call Gennyfer Moll at 609-698-2551 or Shirley Dodson at 1-800-220-0796, ext. 7182
Ice Land rink in Hamilton, NJ 12 noon to 2:00 PM. $4.25 per person. Skate Rental Free. Watch for Flyers (notices, that is, not the Philadelphia Flyers-ed.)! See Old Friends!
The wonderfully whimsical and poetic play, Under Milkwood, by Dylan Thomas, will be performed at George School free of charge on December 12th at 8 PM and December 13th at 7 PM (note time change). The play follows the dreams and activities of the inhabitants of Milk Wood, a quaintly quixotic Welsh village, from near dawn to well after dusk, on a typical spring day. There are many zany and bizarre characters in the play. Under Milkwood will be performed by George School students who are in the advanced drama classes.
The Mittens and Milk Project, under the auspices of the AFSC, is sending powdered milk and children’s mittens to North Korean children. The milk and mittens are to help alleviate famine and warm the hands of Korean children during the coming bitter cold winter. Your mittens and/or check for milk should be sent to AFSC at 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 by January 15, 1998.
If your meeting does not already send the newsletter to PYM, they wish you would. Judy Van Hoy reads them all! She copies articles which might be of interest to the staff and files them. Help spread the BQM word by putting Judy on your mailing list: PYM, 1515 Cherry, Phila., PA 19102.
The Quaker School at Horsham, which is a Friends elementary and middle school for children who learn differently, will hold an admissions open house on Tuesday, Dec. 9th from 9-11 AM. For more information, please contact William Hallowell. The Quaker School at Horsham is located at 318 Meetinghouse Rd., Horsham, PA. Phone: 215-674-2975; email: WHALLOWELL@aol.com; fax: 215-674-9913.
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Is your Meeting ready to consider one of the major issues of today’s "Arms Control and Disarmament for the 21st Century?" The United Nations Association has a study booklet based on five lessons with questions for helping your meeting consider its role in developing global policy on this issue. For information call Jo Ann Woodman at 968-2134 or Elizabeth Huberman at 968-2913. You may also order the booklet from Jo Ann or Elizabeth.
Lehigh Valley Meeting now has a Meeting for Knitting in addition to their Meeting for Volleyball!
If you plan to visit Plumstead on Christmas Eve for worship and carol singing bring a small flashlight and musical instrument if you play one.
The Michener Museum has successfully raised the money for the purchase of a portrait from life of Edward Hicks. Newtown Meeting members contributed about $6000 to help bring back to Bucks County this portrait of a man who was one of the meeting’s founders.
If you’re in Philadelphia, drop in at Arch Street Meetinghouse to see the exhibit on the Underground Railroad. The exhibit is on from now until February. For more information call Sandy Sudofsky at 215-627-2667.
Some 52 PYM Young Friends are going to YouthQuake on December 27-January 1st! The regular PYM Christmas gathering has been canceled in order to encourage Young Friends to go to YouthQuake.
Friends from Burlington Quarter will be joining Bucks Quarter Friends at the ice skating party at Ice Land in Hamilton, NJ, on January 1st. Please make them feel welcome!
Quaker Pilgrimage 1998 to George Fox Country is scheduled for June 19th - July 4th, 1998. The cost is approximately $1750 and is limited to 25 people. You must send a deposit by December 1st to make a reservation. Call George Rowe at 598-3504 for more information. He and Margie plan to make this Pilgrimage!
Feeling frustrated about getting an article to Sandy in time for the next Quakerphernalia? Always check the bottom of this page for the cut-off date.
To have your events listed in the January issue, please notify the coordinator by December 12:
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